The latest articles on DEV Community by Deepak Sir (@deepak_sir__). https://dev.to/deepak_sir__ https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3924748%2F642b10f5-bbca-46b4-93f8-0c9031ef7b65.png https://dev.to/deepak_sir__ en Deepak Sir Wed, 13 May 2026 07:34:17 +0000 https://dev.to/deepak_sir__/coldfusion-server-not-starting-after-windows-update-1ijp https://dev.to/deepak_sir__/coldfusion-server-not-starting-after-windows-update-1ijp <p><strong>Introduction</strong><br> The Windows update notification appeared on Tuesday evening. You scheduled the patch installation for the maintenance window. The server rebooted at 2 AM as planned. By 6 AM, monitoring alerts started firing. The ColdFusion service is stopped. Starting it from the Services console produces a generic “service did not respond” error. The Event Viewer shows nothing useful. The CFAdmin login page returns connection refused. Every application that depended on this server is down.<br> <strong><a href="https://medium.com/@Coding-Algorithms/coldfusion-server-not-starting-after-windows-update-e44fed506708" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a></strong></p> coldfusion coding ai technology Deepak Sir Tue, 12 May 2026 05:38:07 +0000 https://dev.to/deepak_sir__/fix-coldfusion-application-scope-resets-1h58 https://dev.to/deepak_sir__/fix-coldfusion-application-scope-resets-1h58 <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fkxqhksvrjuvgz5ckeneo.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fkxqhksvrjuvgz5ckeneo.png" alt=" " width="800" height="450"></a></p> <p>ColdFusion application scope variables reset unexpectedly for five primary documented reasons: the application’s idle timeout (this.applicationTimeout) expires; two Application.cfc files share the same this.name, causing them to overwrite each other's application scope; the JVM restarts due to memory exhaustion or unhandled errors; a clustered deployment maintains independent application scopes per instance with no cross-instance synchronization; and a manual or accidental applicationStop() call wipes the scope mid-session. The fix requires understanding that application scope lives in JVM memory only — it has no persistence beyond the running process.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://medium.com/@Coding-Algorithms/coldfusion-application-scope-variables-resetting-unexpectedly-configuration-and-production-ready-907fe89904b0" rel="noopener noreferrer">Read More</a></strong></p> coldfusion software server architecture